Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-03-12


lively watched the crowds which filled the
hall, selecting books and reading the news
papers. And only to think" said she.
THAT the Springfield public keep their Ii
brary in its present quarters, when they
could have magnificent building specially
adapted for the needs of library. by sim
ply supplying piece of ground for it to
stand on. No bonds 10 be issued 10 pay for
the building. No addition to the load
which the taxpayers groan under, but a
$50. 900 building given outright
A sudden thought struck the lady. She
walked over to the librarians desk; Mr.
Woodward, said she, give me sheet
of paper, and will 90 out and get sub
scriptions toward the purchase Of the site
necessary TO build the $500 building
donated to Springfield by Mr.. Warder.
believe that sufficient amount could be
realized in few days. | am willing to
head the subscription list myself
with donation of 500. 1t is shame
for Springfield TO retain her present her
present attitude towards this splendid gift
any longer"
The lady seemed sufficiently in earnest to
have raised the money. ami seemed to feel
the veXation which every good citizen feels
to see this splendid gift to Springfield lying
unclaimed. Why, it is gift of almost So
to each. TO every man. woman and child in
the city of Springfield. Wonld il not be- a
good idea to circulate papers for subscrip-
tons TO this fund? The bettel way is not
To first find a site and then raise the money.
but first TO raise the money and then find
the site. As soon as il is known that the
required SUN is in the hands of the trustees
the owners of real estate will lose no time
in coming forward and offering their prop
erty. Every year or two, a body of earnest
men and women meet in Springfield and
raise money enough among themselves to
buy lot and build church on it. Twenty
five times has this been done in Springfield
we have about that number of handsome
church ediTices. How is it. then. that the
entire population of Springfield is unable
TO raise subscriptions sufficient 10 buy
ground enough TO put a magnificent build
ing given 10 the city, on? Many Of our
readers have no idea what an extensive in
stitution the public library has grown to be
The membership in the Springfield
public library is now between
a 600 ASp : 600
nersons which r,.pr,l,,.uts half the nonpIa-
ton or the city at least. This. then. is a
suhiac, WINCH interests directly ono ou, of
every two inhabitants in the city. There
can be no doubt that the price of a site for
the new building coulalbe raised by public
subscription in few weeks il anyone could
be found with public spirit enough and pa
the ,binay ,hrnuyh Whv 50 400 or s2 noo
AT least ought 10 be raised from donstio,,,
from the 5000 holders of cards in the
puhIic library TIN. adyantayes ot a good
Wi,hou, hooks and newsnsnars tho nrasan,
could not avis, baIf . ca,,rr,
our T,,hIic libr,ry contains ra,rIv /. o6o
yoIumes all cod works car.fuIIy chnssn
and with nernicious and unheaIthv works of
,;c,,oD - ,,,t frnn, ,ha H., Snons
can estimate the epnrmons .mnnnt Of .in,
cation which ,bosa "A ooo silent ,aachsrS
have wrnnght in na,ien, teachine among the
ci,izens oT This civ
The Snringfeid school bonses are
beantiful strnctures models of
their kind and are admired
bv all visitors IN the city Everv hrict IN
tbam w,s n.id for bv The ci,;zans az we'll as
tho ,rrn,I,,d ,,hiob ,5ay s,an5 an Tha, =
the w.y we tr.,t on. y,raar ;nsri,u,ion~tba
nuhric school Now inok at tho atti,uda Of
the citizens Of SrringfieId toward rhat other
graa, jrs,itr,inr Of aJncation~,ba nnh,io
bare ground for the erection of a superb
which is given to them outright
Would such state of things be believed
for moment by Springteld's rivals
by Akron and Dayton. for instance. We
can rest assured that neither of those cities |
would fail to take up such gift without
osing minute of time.
Children go 10 the public schools for an
adults 90 the public library |
There is no doubt that hundreds of persons |
have educated themselves by taking books |
iiesuai.", s ~ ieaue i's o"ohs pS .iie SoHIary
IAi amp Soiiooi $50. oos anu guns ui'nh
" 'iits go siea.n oi nuiiian
Auo"eus .tuu'r'o ~ e,eis uspai 'neii'
,ounu Uu. tuI hnp"feuse .ne, gam
lan, i.; MI ~ -; '"ohs " tue eia'Hie re
aenS % mn apeeiai oiallcI,. NeaiS
as ,,"ns ar iio"io.io VI ',e
opiin P,i Pup,c lipiNs s as a,'enu .he
1pilhsoe.u pubic Siools' ana yet 'he
,lti|ens y, oi spring neiu nav iaLleu 70 piace
Ne o"is IA. pot "ia"e' p"naiiS
7iu"se " rs u,e ,o' 'Ie pi'e oi H'',e
,iece Vi siouhu ioi the ouhuiig 10
'"nu oi'
II is understood that there are no arrange
nents in the plan of the new market house
o have the library there. The market |
l.. Il.